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What Hinders Me From Being Baptized?
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Jason Hunt

May 24, 2015

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  • Acts 8
  • Acts 8:5-8, 12 – Many in Samaria were receptive to God’s Word.
  • Acts 8:26-38 – The eunuch is baptized after Philip teaches him.
  • “What hinders me from being baptized?”
    • Lack of faith
      • Acts 8:37; Mark 16:15-16; Acts 8:12; Hebrews 11:6
    • Unwilling to repent
      • Acts 2:38; Ephesians 4:17-29
    • Influence of family/friends
      • Matthew 10:32-39; Luke 16:25-31
    • Pride
      • II Kings 5:9-14 – Naaman

For further study, see also:

baptism
Ethiopian eunuch
faith
Naaman
peer pressure
pride
repentance

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